See my $60 grocery budget meal plan for this week.
$60 Grocery Budget Meal Plan
Confession: I dropped the grocery budget habit like a hot potato during the past couple of months.
With the stress of everything going on in the world, the personal stress due to my husband’s uncertain employment situation and just trying to make everything work, I felt like I didn’t have the brain cells available to plan and budget.
BIG mistake!
You know what happens without a plan? You overspend and end up creating more stress because you don’t know what’s for dinner.
So now I’m back on the wagon as they say, and making a weekly meal plan, grocery list and doing my best to stick to the budget.
Speaking of the budget, I’m setting our weekly budget at $60 to feed three adults. (My oldest three children have moved out on their own.)
The Secret to the $60 Grocery Budget
The main way I stick to the budget is by purchasing lower priced and sale items in multiples so I have a constant stockpile to work from. Each week I’m purchasing a some items for the current week, and many items for upcoming weeks.
This Week’s $60 Grocery Budget Shopping Trip
Here’s the receipt for this week.
And here’s what I purchased.
Please Note: Some items pictured above are for our food storage for future use so you won’t see them in the meal plan this week:
- canned corn
- linguine
- stevia
- grape jelly
- onion soup mix
The pizza pictured is for my husband to take to work for lunch.
Weekly Total: $69.46
August Monthly Total: $133.45
$60 Grocery Budget Weekly Menu
This is no fancy meal plan, but what we’re actually eating this week on our $60 grocery budget.
*Items marked with an asterisk were purchased in previous weeks and are in the pantry, fridge or freezer. Click colored links to go to recipes.
BREAKFAST
Fried Eggs* with Spinach, orange slices* x2
Rice cakes*, peanut butter* banana slices
Very Blueberry Smoothie, peanut butter* toast* (bread from freezer)
Oatmeal* with cinnamon* and raisins*
Cereal with milk* x2
LUNCH
Turkey Avocado Wrap* (turkey, tortillas, peppers previously purchased)
Green salad with leftover steak from dinner
Green salad with turkey*
Tuna Salad*, tortilla chips x2
Chicken Salad on French bread, potato chips, grapes
Leftovers from dinner
DINNER
Ham* & Spinach Pasta (chopped ham from the freezer, pasta from the pantry), romaine salad
BBQ Chicken* Nachos, Black Bean and Corn Salsa* (chicken from freezer)
Smoked sausage, sautéed cabbage*, roasted potatoes
London Broil*, mashed potatoes, green beans*
Steak Quesadillas* (cheese and tortillas from freezer), black beans*
Frozen Pizza*, romaine salad
Korean Beef and Rice* , stir fried vegetables* (gr. beef, veg from the freezer, rice from pantry)
What are you eating this week? Leave a comment or link. 🙂
Please Note: You may not be able to replicate this exact menu for $60 because sales vary by region and you will have different items on hand,but you can save money just by using a meal plan. 🙂)
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